Both Uses of
pyrotechnics
in
Dune
- Lasguns would knock them down, but lasguns were expensive and notoriously cranky of maintenance—and there was always the peril of explosive pyrotechnics if the laser beam intersected a hot shield.†
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- Its use as a weapon is limited in a field-generator-shield culture because of the explosive pyrotechnics (technically, subatomic fusion) created when its beam intersects a shield.†
Book Term
Definition:
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(pyrotechnics) plural: fireworks; or the craft of creating and displaying them
singular: related to fireworks